Transient three-dimensional natural convection in a rectangular enclosure

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-26

  Hsieh, Shou Shing ^a   Yang, Shyh Shyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BUOYANCY; CONTAINERS; COOLING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEATING; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALL FLOW;

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURES; SILICON OILS; TIME EVOLUTION;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0029728863     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)85002-2     Document Type: Article

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